J.M. Coetzee : South Africa and the politics of writing /

David Attwell defends the literary and political integrity of the South African novelist J.M. Coetzee, arguing that he has absorbed the textual turn of postmodern culture while still addressing his nation's ethical crisis. As a form of "situational metafiction," Coetzee's novels...

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Hlavní autor: Attwell, David
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993.
Edice:Perspectives on Southern Africa ; 48.
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Obsah:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Contexts: Literary, historical, intellectual
  • "The labyrinth of my history": Dusklands and the heart of the country
  • Reading the signs of history: Waiting for the barbarians
  • Writing in "the cauldrons of history": Life and times of Michael K and Foe
  • Conclusion: Age of iron
  • Notes
  • Works cited
  • Index.